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Pierce Brosnan on how to get 100K followers on Instagram

BEVERLY HILLS, CA: Pierce Brosnan enters an interview insisting that he's the "least techie person I know." Yet try telling that to his 13-year-old son Paris, who keeps asking dad how his new brand new

Yet, try telling that to his son Paris, 13, who keeps asking dad how his new Instagram account has pocketed so many followers (nearly 120,000) and likes. (A snapshot of the father/son duo has reaped nearly 5,000 of them.)

The answer is simple: "I saved the world four times. .. James Bond," he quips.

Brosnan, the Bond of the '90s - 2002, with films including Golden Eye and Die Another Day, is back into spy gear with a new movie opening Wednesday, The November Man. The flick has a heavy Big Brother theme: a cellphone that knows your location at all times and can get you in real trouble with bad guys. There's a tech angle, too. Several scenes were shot with tiny cameras mounted on overhead drones.

DRONES ON THE SET

"It wasn't until we started going onto the streets of Belgrade (Serbia) that I realized — 'Where's the camera?' They said, 'The camera's right here.' " (Points upward.) "The camera comes down and films you. ... It didn't cause any distress or anything — you get on with the job, but they do have a presence, which is quite ominous."

DRONES AT HOME

Off the set in his Malibu backyard, he was relaxing with his kids in the pool when a drone from paparazzi started inching down to photograph them. "It's pretty shocking," he says of the incident. The usage of drones "will have its own reverberations within our own society. New laws and legislation need to be brought about."

He started a Facebook page a few weeks ago to plug the new movie ("I've got to go out there, find people; pretty simple logic, really") and opened an Instagram account to keep up with Paris. "I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram." He shoots photos on the set with his iPhone 4 ("I'm waiting for the iPhone 6," he says). Lately, he's been plugging the movie with behind-the-scenes photos of screenings and junkets.

ONLINE ART

Brosnan has a thriving website where he showcases his artwork — beach scenes from Fiji and Bora Bora. "It's a way of passing time, a joy," he says of his artwork. He snapped images of the art on his iPhone to post on the website, and enjoys doodling on his iPad during down time in production. "I love the gestures. The ones David Hockney did (on the iPad) are amazing. He's one of my heroes in the art world."

Artwork by actor Pierce Brosnan, which he displays on his PierceBrosnan.com website.(Photo: Pierce Brosnan)